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A Miscarriage of Justice: Women's Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil
Cassia Roth examines women's reproductive health in relation to legal and medical policy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Analyzing court cases, law, medical writings, and health data, Roth argues that the increasingly interv…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/miscarriage-justice-womens-reproductive-lives-and-law-early-twentieth-century-brazilLife After College (For Folks Still in College)
Follow your dreams! Yeah, sure. But... how? In clear, accessible, entertaining, and deeply personal terms, bestselling author, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, and creator of Found Magazine, Davy Rothbart breaks down 12 st…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/life-after-college-folks-still-collegeClimate Solutions: Air
No country or state has taken a stronger lead in fighting climate change than California. Directing those efforts for the past decade as chair of the Air Resources Board has been Mary Nichols. Formerly at the EPA and a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/climate-solutions-airClimate Solutions: Water in the West
With extensive experience in water issues, Felicia Marcus, the William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s Water in the West Program and an attorney, consultant, and member of the Water Policy Group, wi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/climate-solutions-water-westThe Father of Free-Market Capitalism Turns 300: How Much of Adam Smith's Hand is Still Visible Today?
The Scottish philosopher Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations in 1776, much the same way Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin developed their own scientific revolutions. In honor of the 300th anniversary of Adam Smith'…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/father-free-market-capitalism-turns-300-how-much-adam-smiths-hand-still-visible-todayMental Health and Film/TV Depictions
How can genres like comedy and horror be tools for depicting mental health? When should we strive to be accurate in our mental health depictions? When does creative license trump accuracy? What are the ethics of represe…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/mental-health-and-filmtv-depictionsChina's Party-State Capitalism
Lingling Wei, chief China correspondent of The Wall Street Journal and co-author of Superpower Showdown, will talk about how Xi Jinping is reshaping and ring-fencing China's economy amid heightened competition with the…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/chinas-party-state-capitalismFalling in Love with Machines
We might soon be making machines that some people regard as friends and colleagues, or even children and romantic partners. Might such machines be people like us, deserving of rights, or would it all be illusion? Eric S…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/falling-love-machines(Un)Knowing Inequality: A Critical Race Psychology Perspective on Engaging Systemic Racism
Phia Salter, associate professor of psychology at Davidson College, will discuss how what we collectively remember or forget about the historical past has social and psychological implications for contemporary race rela…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/unknowing-inequality-critical-race-psychology-perspective-engaging-systemic-racismDecline and Fall or Crises and Resilience? Lessons from the Western Roman Empire
Michele Renee Salzman, Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside and author of The Falls of Rome: Crises, Resilience and Resurgence in Late Antiquity, will address why traditional exp…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/decline-and-fall-or-crises-and-resilience-lessons-western-roman-empire